Archive for November 12th, 2006
Biz Idea: Eco-friendly Car Wash
Springwise: Korean Seven CarWash manufactures powerful car washing appliances with steam jets that combine heat and pressure to clean. Eco-friendly, since it uses just one glass of water per wash and no chemical detergents or cleaners. The machines are fully automatic and efficient because washing and drying are part of the same process. As there’s [...]
FSB Magazine: Jose Muñiz’s career began when a friend bet him $100 that he could not sell butterflies for a living. Now, seven years later, the former business consultant and his wife, Karen, own Amazing Butterflies, a live-butterfly distributor with offices in Tamarac, Fla., and San Jose, and a projected $1 million in revenues in [...]
WebProNews: It’s hard to avoid certain mistakes, especially when you face a situation for the first time. In fact, many of the following mistakes are hard to avoid even if you’re an old hand. 1. Big Customer Syndrome. If more than 50 percent of your revenues come from any one customer you may be headed [...]
Springwise: Kids’ birthday parties are not what they used to be. With more and more parents keen to outsource the noise and mess, Alton Towers has stepped up to the plate to fill a gap in the market. The latest suite to be added to the Alton Towers Hotel is the Sleepover Suite. A themed [...]
Dial S For Skype, P For Profits
Business 2.0 Magazine: Sure, Skype can shave a few bucks off your phone bill. But now it’s helping savvy entrepreneurs create brand-new business models. A million people worldwide, 300,000 of them in the United States, will rely on Skype as their primary means of business communication in 2007, according to telecom analyst Albert Lin at [...]
